Deltopecten waageni Gemmellaro 1896 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Alternative combination: Pseudomonotis waageni

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1896. La Fauna de Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo - Pelecypoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 21:183-220

Belongs to Deltopecten according to N. D. Newell 1938

See also Gemmellaro 1896

Sister taxa: Deltopecten barchatovae, Deltopecten caneyanus, Deltopecten harringtoni, Deltopecten illawarrensis, Deltopecten keaseyorum, Deltopecten kieli, Deltopecten limaeformis, Deltopecten longeare, Deltopecten lyonsensis, Deltopecten mitchelli, Deltopecten rienitzi, Deltopecten tahlequahensis, Deltopecten waterfordi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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